Improvement in ventilating portable churns



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Patented May 26, 1868.

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a. r. WILLIAMS, or YORKVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, ASSIVGNOR TO HIMSELF,

W. L. HOPSON, AND A. n... HOMESLEY.

i Letters Patent No. 78,249, dated May 26, 1868. a

i IMPROVEMENT IN VENTILATING lORTABLE GHURNS.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: V

Be ,it known that I, E. P. WILLIAMS Of Yorkville, in the district of York, and State of South Carolina, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Ventilating and Portable Churns and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing, and the letters of reference marked thereon, making part of this specification, in-which 4 i 7 Figure 1 is a sectional view. p L L p Figure 2 is an end view, showing the corrugated wheels, whereby actiori,..is communicated to the interiorpaddles of the churn. i i

Figure 3 is a top view, showing the angular arrangement of the paddles.

'Figure 4 is a top view of the churn with the escape-pipe, with its perforated mouth, showingthe'method whereby its impurities pass off. r i i The nature of my invention consists in the insertion, in the body'of the churn, by means of suitable bear- I ings, one above and the other below, so as to furnish the suitable angular bearings for the dasherqod. To this dasher-rod, I attach a series of blades or heaters. These blades or beaters are constructed of metal or other suitable material, semicircular in' form, and provided with such openings or apertureas to insure the better agitation of the body of milk or cream. One of these'dashers or heaters performs the action of a cutter, and" the other two are so arranged as toperform the oflicerof a heater; The whole device can be made of metal, which can readily be cleansed after it has been used. i

By using a metal churn the butter made has not that sour taste which it often has when made in a wooden I churn, the acidity being produced by the foetid air or other impurities which are invariably found in a wooden churn. The only way in which a wooden churn can be cleansed is by a thorough rinsing 'andvexposing the same for a certain number ofhours to the action of the sun, This must be done in the empty vessel, and it is well known that the joints of the wood will give, and no matter how strong the hoop-bearing may be, the same I is not tight'when again-required for use. This defect I-entirely avoid, by simply constructing my churn entirely of metal, whereby, as soon as the churning process is finished, by simply rinsing the same, the churn is ten dered perfectly pure and again' ready for use. I i i I i To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation. i i

A is the body of the churn or tub, which may bemade of any suitable metal, as tin, galvanized iron, Etc. B is the beater or dasher-rod, working in suitable openingsin the opposite sides of the body of thechur n To this J beater or dasher-rod I attach three angular plates,,C,.G, and D, by means of a-suitable bearingptwo being arranged or working at positive right angles to each other, and the other at an acute angle. The periphery of theseiplates 'may be either plain or serrated. The plates C C perform the office of heaters. D, acting as a cutter, its agitation, as itpasss through the mass of milk, divides-the-same and. bursts the globules. Thus, in a moment or two I can accomplish with my churn that which'with the ordinary churn-some timeis required. To the outer end of the shaft B, I attach a pinion-wheel, E,which meshes and gears with a driving-wheel, F, working on the driving-shaft which works in suitable bearings attached to the side of thechurn. To the driving-whcel F, I firmly bolt the crank-handle H, which is provided with a suitable handle, it. V

The operation of this device is simply this: By revolving the crank-handle H, motion is givcn to thedrivingwheel F, which in turn transmits its force to the pinion-wheel E, which, being firmly attached to the end of the dasher or beater-rod B, revolves, in a'most positive manner, the dasher or beater-plates or blades 0, C, andD.

I also provide the churn with a suitable top or opening, I, the same being struck upandlprovided with suitable flanges, so as to hold a plate of glass, K, thrbugh which, without opening the vessehthe'opcration of churning may be watched, and the degree of the consistency of the cream known without lifting-the top or lid of the vessel. i i a I also provide the top, I; with two projecting pipes, their mouths being, covered \"i'ith t vo sieves or perfofated plates, Z, to ellewthe escape of the heated air during the operntien of churning.

My churn is rendered perfectly portable, and. is constructed in the erdinary form of the sloppail or bucket commonly used in a chamber.

It will beobserved that anyninount of spectl can readily be required by my arrangement of driving and pinion er dasher whecl, the ratio of their diameter s contrelling the matter I l Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

' The beater-arm B, blades C, C, until), in combination with the drivingwheel F and Gusher or pinion-wheel E, when the whole is constructed and arranged so as to operate substantially as described, and fer the purpose specified. v i

In testimonywhereof, I have signed my name te this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

' E. P. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

B. P. Born, J. B. WILLIAMS. 

